2025–26 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team

2025–26 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 25
Record25–7 (12–6 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachAdrian Walters
Assistant coaches
  • Erik DeRoo
  • Jaida Williams
  • Ketara Chapel
  • Renae Boone
Home arenaUnited Supermarkets Arena
2025–26 Big 12 women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 TCU 15 – 3   .833 29 – 5   .853
No. 11 West Virginia † 14 – 4   .778 27 – 6   .818
No. 21 Baylor 13 – 5   .722 24 – 8   .750
Oklahoma State 12 – 6   .667 23 – 9   .719
No. 25 Texas Tech 12 – 6   .667 25 – 7   .781
Colorado 11 – 7   .611 22 – 11   .667
Iowa State 10 – 8   .556 22 – 9   .710
Utah 10 – 8   .556 19 – 12   .613
BYU 9 – 9   .500 22 – 11   .667
Arizona State 9 – 9   .500 24 – 10   .706
Kansas 8 – 10   .444 19 – 13   .594
Kansas State 8 – 10   .444 18 – 17   .514
Cincinnati 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355
UCF 3 – 15   .167 11 – 19   .367
Arizona 3 – 15   .167 12 – 18   .400
Houston 1 – 17   .056 7 – 23   .233
† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner
As of March 8, 2026
Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Texas Tech Lady Raiders basketball team currently represents Texas Tech University for the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Raiders, are led by sixth-year head coach Krista Gerlich and play their home games at the United Supermarkets Arena as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Texas Tech began the season unranked and were picked 13th out of 16 teams in the Big 12 Conference's preseason media poll. Instead, the Lady Raiders had their best season in over 13 years. They started out 19–0, including a win over #15 Baylor, and entered the rankings for the first time since the 2011–12 season; this was their best start to a season in program history. Texas Tech finished the regular season 25–6 overall and 12–6 in Big 12 play; their 12 conference wins were the most since 2005. Seniors Bailey Maupin and Snudda Collins would go on to be named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Second Team respectively, and Collins was also named the Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year. For her efforts in revitalizing the Lady Raider basketball program, head coach Krista Gerlich was voted Big 12 Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the regular season.[1]

Previous season

The Lady Raiders finished the 2024–25 season 19–18, 4–14 in Big 12 play to finish in a three-way tie for twelfth place. As No. 14 seed in the Big 12 tournament they defeated Kansas and Utah in the first and second rounds before losing in the quarterfinals to Oklahoma State. They received an at-large bid to the WBIT in the Virginia Tech bracket. They defeated Wyoming and Alabama in the first and second rounds and Texas Tech in the quarterfinals before losing to Minnesota in the semifinals.

Offseason

Departures

Texas Tech Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Kilah Freelon 2 G/F 6'1" Junior Denver, CO Transferred to Virginia Tech
Jasmine Shavers 3 G 5'8" Junior Mesquite, TX Transferred to Florida State
Achol Magot 10 C 6'7" Sophomore Tucson, AZ Transferred to Arizona State
Jordyn Merritt 12 G/F 6'3" Graduate Student Plano, TX Graduated
Ivana Krajina 13 G 5'11" Junior Kaštel Novi, Croatia Transferred to LMU
Loghan Johnson 23 G 5'10" Sophomore Houston, TX Transferred to West Virginia
Jada Wynn 24 G 6'1" Junior Yorba Linda, CA Transferred to UC Irvine
Kelly Mora 30 G 6'1" Sophomore Lubbock, TX Transferred
Maya Peat 54 C 6'6" Graduate Student Lubbock, TX Graduated

Incoming

Texas Tech Incoming Transfers
Name Num Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Snudda Collins 0 F 6'1" Graduate Student Brookhaven, MS Ole Miss
Gemma Núñez 2 G 5'7" Senior Almería, Spain Campbell
Julie Nekolná 3 F 6'3" Junior Prague, Czech Republic Shelton State Community College
Sidney Love 10 G 5'8" Senior Cibolo, TX UTSA
Mariam Sanogo 17 F 6'2" Senior Paris, France Canisius
Jada Malone 23 F 6'3" Senior Spring, TX Texas A&M

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2025.

Recruiting class of 2026

College recruiting information (2026)
Name Hometown School Height Weight Commit date
Gianna Jordan
PG 		Southlake, TX Kingdom Collegiate Academy 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (93)
Ambrosia Cole
PG 		Lubbock, TX Monterey High School 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) N/A  
Recruit ratings: ESPN:    (91)
Overall recruit ranking:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2026 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on November 1, 2024.

Roster

2025–26 Texas Tech Lady Raiders women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F 0 Snudda Collins 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) GS Brookhaven HS
Ole Miss 		Brookhaven, MS
G/F 1 Jalynn Bristow 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Holliday HS
Iowa State 		Holliday, TX
G 2 Gemma Núñez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr I.E.S. Bahia de Almería
Campbell 		Almería, Spain
F 3 Julie Nekolná 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Holtville
Shelton State CC 		Prague, Czech Republic
G 5 Denae Fritz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Maryville HS
Baylor 		Maryville, TN
G 7 Bird Martin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Providence Catholic School San Antonio, TX
G 8 Adlee Blacklock 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Lubbock-Cooper HS
Oregon State 		Lubbock, TX
G 10 Sidney Love 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Steele HS
UTSA 		Cibolo, TX
F/C 11 Sarengbe Sanogo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Odessa College Paris, France
G/F 17 Mariam Sanogo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Canisius Paris, France
G 20 Bailey Maupin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Gruver HS Gruver, TX
F 23 Jada Malone 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr The Village School
Texas A&M 		Spring, TX
F 24 Stephanie Okechukwu 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Fr Fukuchiyama Seibi Umunneochi, Nigeria
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		North Carolina A&T W 78–40  1–0
  19 – Bristow   9 – Bristow   7 – Maupin  United Supermarkets Arena (2,978)
Lubbock, TX
November 6, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		UTSA W 79–52  2–0
  19 – Maupin   7 – tied   7 – Núñez  United Supermarkets Arena (3,315)
Lubbock, TX
November 9, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Texas State W 83–50  3–0
  22 – Bristow   6 – tied   10 – Núñez  United Supermarkets Arena (3,118)
Lubbock, TX
November 13, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		SMU W 91–60  4–0
  26 – Maupin   10 – Bristow   6 – Núñez  United Supermarkets Arena (3,425)
Lubbock, TX
November 16, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Arkansas W 80–68  5–0
  19 – Maupin   7 – tied   3 – Bristow  United Supermarkets Arena (4,559)
Lubbock, TX
November 20, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Mississippi State W 69–62  6–0
  18 – Bristow   9 – Maupin   4 – Núñez  United Supermarkets Arena (3,652)
Lubbock, TX
November 23, 2025*
2:00 p.m., MW Network 		at New Mexico W 82–57  7–0
  16 – tied   7 – Bristow   8 – Núñez  The Pit (4,623)
Albuquerque, NM
November 25, 2025*
4:30 p.m., FloSports 		vs. Old Dominion
Hoopfest Women's Basketball Challenge 		W 67–42  8–0
  18 – Bristow   10 – Bristow   5 – Núñez  Comerica Center (486)
Frisco, TX
November 27, 2025*
2:00 p.m., FloSports 		vs. North Texas
Hoopfest Women's Basketball Challenge 		W 67–47  9–0
  22 – Maupin   8 – Núñez   6 – Núñez  Comerica Center 
Frisco, TX
December 3, 2025*
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Wichita State W 83–43  10–0
  19 – Malone   10 – tied   3 – tied  United Supermarkets Arena (3,339)
Lubbock, TX
December 12, 2025*
8:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Washington State W 82–51  11–0
  19 – tied   7 – Bristow   7 – Maupin  Beasley Coliseum (862)
Pullman, WA
December 14, 2025*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		vs. Abilene Christian W 67–57  12–0
  14 – tied   9 – Bristow   7 – Collins  OC Sports Center Main Gym (1,300)
Odessa, TX
December 17, 2025*
11:30 a.m., ESPN+ 		Jacksonville W 76–40  13–0
  14 – tied   6 – S. Sanogo   7 – Maupin  United Supermarkets Arena (15,098)
Lubbock, TX
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 21, 2025
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at No. 15 Baylor W 61–60  14–0
(1–0) 		 21 – Collins   7 – Bristow   6 – Núñez  Foster Pavilion (3,935)
Waco, TX
December 31, 2025
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 UCF W 73–55  15–0
(2–0) 		 21 – Bristow   5 – tied   8 – Núñez  United Supermarkets Arena (5,226)
Lubbock, TX
January 3, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 Arizona W 80–49  16–0
(3–0) 		 16 – Fritz   8 – Núñez   8 – Núñez  United Supermarkets Arena (6,053)
Lubbock, TX
January 7, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 17 at West Virginia W 71–66  17–0
(4–0) 		 27 – Maupin   9 – Bristow   3 – tied  WVU Coliseum (3,196)
Morgantown, WV
January 10, 2026
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 17 at Cincinnati W 71–60  18–0
(5–0) 		 17 – tied   6 – Bristow   7 – Núñez  Fifth Third Arena (2,086)
Cincinnati, OH
January 13, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 17 Houston W 71–59  19–0
(6–0) 		 19 – Maupin   7 – Bristow   4 – Maupin  United Supermarkets Arena (5,003)
Lubbock, TX
January 17, 2026
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 17 Kansas State L 59–65  19–1
(6–1) 		 18 – Maupin   4 – Fritz   5 – Núñez  United Supermarkets Arena (9,261)
Lubbock, TX
January 21, 2026
8:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 19 at BYU L 61–73  19–2
(6–2) 		 17 – Collins   11 – Bristow   5 – Núñez  Marriott Center (1,788)
Provo, UT
January 24, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 19 at Utah W 77–49  20–2
(7–2) 		 28 – Collins   9 – Núñez   5 – Núñez  Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,440)
Salt Lake City, UT
January 28, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 21 Iowa State L 70–84  20–3
(7–3) 		 17 – Love   5 – Tied   4 – Love  United Supermarkets Arena (5,216)
Lubbock, TX
February 1, 2026
1:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 21 No. 12 TCU W 62–60  21–3
(8–3) 		 28 – Collins   9 – Malone   3 – Tied  United Supermarkets Arena (6,206)
Lubbock, TX
February 7, 2026
5:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 18 at Houston W 85–61  22–3
(9–3) 		 25 – Maupin   6 – Maupin   7 – Núñez  Fertitta Center (1,910)
Houston, TX
February 10, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 16 Kansas W 70–65  23–3
(10–3) 		 23 – Maupin   6 – Fritz   4 – Love  United Supermarkets Arena (3,893)
Lubbock, TX
February 14, 2026
2:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 16 at Oklahoma State L 65–75  23–4
(10–4) 		 19 – Maupin   5 – Collins   5 – Núñez  Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,098)
Stillwater, OK
February 18, 2026
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 20 No. 15 Baylor W 87–56  24–4
(11–4) 		 23 – Collins   7 – S. Sanogo   6 – Love  United Supermarkets Arena (5,020)
Lubbock, TX
February 21, 2026
8:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 20 at Colorado L 68–75  24–5
(11–5) 		 18 – Bristow   3 – Tied   5 – Núñez  CU Events Center (4,852)
Boulder, CO
February 25, 2026
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 20 at Kansas L 59–68  24–6
(11–6) 		 16 – S. Sanogo   6 – Tied   6 – Núñez  Allen Fieldhouse (3,566)
Lawrence, KS
March 1, 2026
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 20 Arizona State W 58–51  25–6
(12–6) 		 18 – Bristow   8 – Núñez   4 – Núñez  United Supermarkets Arena (5,508)
Lubbock, TX
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 5, 2026
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		(5) No. 21 vs. (12) Kansas State
Second Round 		L 51–58  25–7
  14 – Collins   7 – Sanogo   2 – Tied  T-Mobile Center (4,603)
Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 2026*
7:30 p.m., ESPNU 		(7 S2) No. 25 vs. (10 S2) Villanova
First Round 		      Pete Maravich Assembly Center 
Baton Rouge, LA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S2=Sacramento 2.
All times are in Central Time.
[2][3][4]

Rankings

See also: 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP———RVRVRVRV2121*1717192118162020212525
Coaches———RVRVRVRV23232018192018182021212222

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gerlich, Collins highlight Big 12 yearly award winners". texastech.com. March 3, 2026. Retrieved March 3, 2026.
  2. ^ "2024-25 Women's Basketball Schedule". texastech.com. Texas Tech Athletics. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  3. ^ "Texas Tech Lady Raiders Schedule 2024-25". ESPN Enterprises, Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "Texas Tech Lady Raiders". FOX SPORTS. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
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